Sweet wine tasting

Restaurant Brunnenstube, Beinstein
Tasted Friday, November 8, 2019 by NoTrollingerPlease with 131 views

Flight 1 - Apero (1 Note)

  • 2008 Dom Pérignon Champagne 94 Points

    France, Champagne

    Popped and poured. Clear, pale golden yellow color. Nose a bit closed, smoke, yeast, fine fruit, very fresh and complex. On the palate also very elegant and balanced, with a wonderful pressure and tension. Wonderful, ripe acidity, fine fruit, some nice bitter notes (zests). Very long and lingering. Still very young with great potential. 94

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Flight 2 - Soft start, mostly warm vintages (3 Notes)

Flight 3 - Ripe Spätlesen (3 Notes)

Flight 4 - Ripe Auslesen with medium Botrytis (2 Notes)

  • 1993 Von Schubert Maximin Grünhäuser Abtsberg Riesling Auslese Nr. 83 96 Points

    Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

    Clear, medium yellow-golden color, very young. Clean, developing nose with pronounced, wonderful bouquet of aromas: Guava, Cassis, elder, tangerine, zests, vanilla, garden herbs (dill),. Very fine, elegant, multi-layered and chiseled. Never loud. Really awesome, one of the most complex Riesling I ever had.
    Sweet, with medium+/high acidity that is perfectly integrated and balances the sweetness. Low alcohol (8% abv), medium body and pronounced intensity. Wonderful complex aromas of tangerine, garden herbs, Cassis, elder, passion fruit, salty mineral notes. It tastes like you would drink a freshly pressed tangerine juice that was poured over a slate rock in a herb garden. Fantastic! All aromas linger for a very long time on the palate. As the nose, this wine is never loud. Very calm, elegant, complex, thereby clear and pure. A very beautiful experience it is. And it has certainly potential for further ageing of at least 10+ years, though I can’t imagine that it can get any better. Who knows? Really great stuff! 96-97

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  • 1993 Dr. Heinz Wagner Saarburger Rausch Riesling Auslese *** 91 Points

    Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

    Clear, brilliant medium-deep golden-amber color. Clean, medium+ intense and fully developed nose with a nice mélange of smoke, herbs, black tea, ripe fruit, fine petrol, speck, malt.
    Sweetness has mellowed nicely and is perfectly balanced by the high, ripe acidity. Low alcohol with 8,5% abv which makes this wine even more joyful.
    Medium+ -> pronounced flavors of herbs,black tea, tangerine, fine salty mineral notes. Long and lingering finish with some hints of caramel at the end. Nice, but after this awesome Abtsberg it felt tired and past peak, so not as exciting as my first bottle. Nevertheless a beautiful wine. Drink now! 90-91

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Flight 5 - Noble sweet with high Botrytis (3 Notes)

This flight was perfectly matched with a great steak and fried goose liver. Amazing combination.

  • 1989 Schloss Saarstein Serriger Schloss Saarsteiner Riesling Beerenauslese 93 Points

    Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

    Popped and poured. Clear, medium amber color with a reddish hue. Clean, medium- intense, developing nose. Not very appealing, some petrol, honey. I guess it simply needs way more time to open up.
    On the palate a wonderful surprise: Sweet, but never sticky. The high amount of ripe and perfectly integrated acidity gives this wine a freshness and vibrancy that I have never seen in a Beerenauslese before. 9% abv. On the palate lots of fresh pressed blood orange. Perfect balance of sweetness and acidity. Long, lingering finish. Immortal with a potential of further ageing for 10-20 years. 93+

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  • 1979 Château Guiraud 89 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes

    Amber color. Fully developed, very spicy nose and also a bit hot. On the palate rich and hot. Spicy, wax, tannin, honey. Not overly complex and IMHO past peak. 88-90

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  • 1967 Château Fichou 92 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Entre-Deux-Mers, Sainte Croix du Mont

    Golden amber color. Deep and spicy nose, lots of black pepper. On the palate very concentrated, some volatile acidity, mature, black pepper all around. Long finish. Drink up.

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Flight 6 - Return to normal sugar level (1 Note)

  • 1997 Willi Schaefer Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese #12 94 Points

    Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

    Clear, youthful medium golden color. Wonderful fresh nose, with fine crushed stones and fine yellow stone fruit. Young and complex.
    On the palate perfect harmony and balance, but also pressure and tension. Astonishingly young and fresh with a lively, ripe acidity. Delicate ripe fruit, some herbs mixed with fine crushed stones. Long and lingering finish. This bottle is at its peak and has at least another decade ahead! 93-94

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Flight 7 - Waking up: Saar, one vineyard, extreme acidity (3 Notes)

  • 2017 Hofgut Falkenstein Krettnacher Euchariusberg Riesling Kabinett Alte Reben 90 Points

    Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

    Clear, pale lemon color. Clean, medium- intense, youthful nose with herbs (lemon balm), green and white fruit, mineral notes and some floral notes. Nice, but not yet fully developed and rather closed.
    On the palate off-dry, lean and focused. High, laser like acidity, a bit lemony. Only 8% abv. Medium intense flavors of lime, white fruit (peach) and herbs. Still a bit unbalanced and nervous. But also crisp and elegant with good extract. It simply needs a few years to settle and develop its complexity. 89-90+

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  • 2018 Hofgut Falkenstein Krettnacher Euchariusberg Riesling Spätlese #14 92 Points

    Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

    Clear, pale watery color. Clean, medium+ intense, youthful nose. Very deep, complex with lots of smoke, citrus, herbs, flint.
    Medium-sweet, wonderful laser like high and ripe acidity. Herbaceous, white fruit. Dense and deep with lots of extract, very long. Great potential. 92-93+

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  • 2018 Weingut Stefan Müller Krettnacher Euchariusberg Riesling Spätlese 91 Points

    Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

    Clear, pale golden yellow color. Clean, very open nose with exotic fruit, lime, herbs. Deep and beautiful.
    On the palate a bit rounder, smoother than the Falkenstein. Apricots, herbs, zests, medium-sweet, medium+, ripe acidity. Beautiful with good potential for the next decade at least. 90-91+

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Flight 8 - Knock out (1 Note)

  • 2018 Arndt Köbelin Spätburgunder Beerenauslese 87 Points

    Germany, Baden

    Thank’s to our host for this gift. Very interesting to taste a sip. But I don’t understand, why someone makes this wine. 16% vodka dissolved in Cherry and Strawberry jam. Yes, it has 16% abv!. Sweet, hot and one-dimensional. After a glass I would get a headache. Certainly immortal, but will it improve? 86-89

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